Résumé

Project Architect, The Jerde Partnership, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1984.

Project Architect / Associate / Senior Associate, Levin and Associates, Los Angeles, CA, 11/2004-12/2023.

Her Los Angeles Times obituary summarized her career: "She started her career in 1983 making decisions about where to place the 84 Olympics logo and graphics on venues all over Los Angeles. She went on to work at several architecture firms including 21 years with Levin & Associates where she developed a passion for the preservation of historic buildings in the LA area." (See Los Angeles Times.com "Andrea Rawlings," published 01/06/2024-01/15/2024, accessed 06/08/2024. Thank you to Diane Childs for forwarding this obituary to the author on 01/06/2024.) Designers Sussman/Prejza and The Jerde Partnership were responsible for the graphics related to the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

Professional Activities

Member, City of Pasadena, Historic Preservation Commission.

Member, City of Pasadena, Design Review Commission.

Member, City of Pasadena, Planning Commission.

College

Graduate, Corona del Mar High School, Newport Beach, CA, 1973-1976.

B.Arch., Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, 1979-1982.

Relocation

Andrea Rawlings grew up in Newport Beach, CA. She resided at 1 Kialoa Court in Newport Beach, as a youth. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 01/08/2024.)

In high school, Rawlings knew that she wanted to be an architect. The yearbook caption to her senior picture read, "Design parks, cities and eventually the world." (See Corona del Mar High School, Newport Beach, CA, Yearbook, 1976, p. 146.)

She spent much of her adult life living in Pasadena, CA, where she volunteered her time on three municipal commissions.

Parents

Her mother was Ann Sherwin, her father, Gary Rawlings.

Spouse

She wed E.J. Remson.

Biographical Notes

Andrea Rawlings was an accomplished cook.